You can follow the action through the radio player below or right here. Immediately following college, he turned his attention to mixed martial arts, and after going 6-0 in his first year as a pro, he was signed by Strikeforce and eventually made his way to the UFC. Adam Catterall, Nick Peet and Dan Hardy will be your commentary team. This fight has fallen through before and the intensity between the fighters has seemingly picked up. There are two positions I like here. I have been wrong before, but I believe Giles is here for a paycheck. Take a look at the main event. 15 Brad Tavares in just over two minutes. It appears he’s worked on not only this but also adding some patience. © 2020 ABG-SI LLC. Charles Rosa vs Kevin Aguilar at lightweight is a bout that has been in the making since last year. All Rights Reserved. However, Gatto (6-0-2) is coming in with much less experience and a lot more to prove. I see this going very similarly. The Apex houses a smaller 25-foot cage compared to the regular 30-foot cage. “This facility gives us the flexibility to try new things and push the envelope on producing and distributing combat sports all over the world. But since the MMA is the only major North American sport to return, having regular fight cards will help satiate their hunger. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. A … Brunson, the No. He’s a very awkward, fast starter, with great striking and above-average power in his left hand. Holland will have the size and output advantage. The 130,000 square-foot production facility in Las Vegas contains more than 50,000 square feet of production space and more than 70,000 square feet of office space. Maia rarely goes for takedowns with only .25 takedowns avg per 15 minutes. This will be the night's new main event, as Holly Holm vs. Irene Aldana was pulled and will be rebooked in October. 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Brunson is the great athlete I mentioned earlier, compared to his opponent here, who is a pure mixed martial artist. The Main Event sees the return of former title challenger Jessica ‘Evil’ Eye, who will take on Cynthia Calvillo. UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs Burns was the first card organized within the walls of the facility. Calvin Kattar scores brutal KO of Jeremy Stephens at UFC 249 with brutal elbows, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), Download the talkSPORT app NOW – the best way to listen live, Stipe Miocic (c) vs. Daniel Cormier – Heavyweight, Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera – Bantamweight, Junior dos Santos vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik – Heavyweight, John Dodson vs. Merab Dvalishvili – Bantamweight, Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cuțelaba – Light Heavyweight. Two key offensive metrics are strikes and takedowns. A 50’ x 50’ sound stage originally intended for pre and post-fight shows is a prominent feature while the building is also supported by a VIP Suite, Media Lounge and four locker rooms – which should aid social distancing – engineering room, production office and, finally, 12 general purpose rooms and one multi-purpose room. The UFC event is set to take place at the Apex, now that the organization has the green light to host cards in Las Vegas. ‘Evil’ Eye was brutalized with a head kick KO against Champion Valentina Shevchenko last year. He also dropped a split against Gian Villante in a very close fight. The UFC juggernaut heads back home in Nevada for the titanic showdown between Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic on Saturday night. These two fought to a draw in 2017 in a great fight that I thought Green edged out. DATE: SATURDAY 08/01/2020BROADCAST: ESPN+VENUE: UFC APEXLOCATION: Las Vegas, Nevada# MATCHES: 11, #8 DEREK BRUNSON 20-7 VS. #9 EDMEN SHAHBAZYAN 11-0, #3 JOANNE CALDERWOOD 14-4 VS. #6 JENNIFER MAIA 17-6-1, #11 VICENTE LUQUE 18-7-1 VS. RANDY BROWN 12-3, LANDO VANNATA 11-4-2 VS. BOBBY GREEN 25-10-1, FRANKIE SAENZ 12-6 VS. JONATHAN MARTINEZ 11-3, ED HERMAN 24-14 VS. GERALD MEERSCHAERT 31-13. Athlete vs. a pure martial artist in this one. At +100 on the over 1.5, it's worth a look. It opened in June of 2019 and hosted the season three premiere of Dana White’s Contender Series. A new IP-based control room was installed this year allowing UFC to produce live events remotely from any location in the world and broadcast them in 4K resolution. *(CANCELED. (see my charts above). News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. He's made it to the final bell in his last two fights. Here's my Offensive Output Meter for the card. Since, Shahbazyan has gone 4-0, stretching his record to 11-0, with all but one coming by way of first-round finish. Maia’s original opponent tested positive for COVID, so here we are. If Gutierrez can control the range, he’ll be able to take this one, though Durden’s pressure and ability to mix the wrestling with the standup, he's in this fight, in my opinion. He's won 11 of his last 13, and in many of those fights, he’s just straight walked down his opponents getting into firefights they just don’t want. Along with the Apex Center, come certain adjustments that a fighter is required to make. Calderwood will look to be the more offensive fighter in this matchup, and I see the majority of this one on the feet. “The combination of the state-of-the-art technology, with this enormous highly configurable arena space, gives us the opportunity to host other live events beyond combat sports. That’s key to UFC’s plan given travel restrictions in some parts of the world right now. Look for a loud corner in Herman’s corner with no fans in attendance in a great dog spot for the 14-year UFC vet. “When you think of where we started and where we are now, it’s pretty incredible, but we haven’t even scratched the surface of how big this will become.”. He's very aggressive, and I believe he will surprise some folks here. UFC APEX comprises of 22 rooms, including their main arena stage. It sounds like he's been tied up working 12-hour construction days in the last couple of weeks. On the other side, Luque has won 7 of 8, and six of those wins have come by way of finish. They get off on their opponents and watch your points rack up quickly. Not sure that will matter though, as we have two fighters that have a very high percentage of fights finishing inside of round one. But in those fights, I still saw this Achilles’ heel of his there, yet neither opponent took advantage of it. Although he will have a nine-inch reach advantage, is a No. A fan-friendly match-up between Bantamweights Ryan Benoit and Tyson Nam is also slated for the prelims. The first thing to note is that this main event is three rounds, as opposed to the usual five rounds. 8 ranked middleweight, has won his last two fights via unanimous decision, after previously being KO’d twice consecutively inside of one round against current champ Israel Adesanya and Jacare Souza. pic.twitter.com/OIBgMRrphS. PREDICTION: VICENTE LUQUE -175 (look at TKO/KO prop at +250). Along with the Apex Center, come certain adjustments that a fighter is required to make. We are limited only by my imagination. Over 1.5 rounds is possibly in play, as both will play chess a bit and avoid big shots out of the shoots. UFC 252 is coming to talkSPORT 2 this Sunday morning, beginning at 1am. Fight finishes are where the points are in MMA DFS. The card also sees the re-booking of Marvin Vettori vs Karl Roberson. Coupling the fact that Shahbazyan is 3-0 against southpaws (Brunson is as well), and the openings Brunson will provide wherever this one goes, this makes for a very dangerous matchup for Brunson. Take a glance at the stack, and we will break down the individual matchups below. Brown is coming off of two straight wins, but before that, he went 3-3. The main card and prelims for June 13, as revealed by @danawhite to @Jon_Anik on the ESPN MMA YouTube channel. UFC APEX comprises of 22 rooms, including their main arena stage. Durden also has great grappling, and I wouldn't be surprised if we see him take Gutierrez down at some point, scoring from the top. Herman looked good recently, stringing together two wins against Khadis Ibragimov and Patrick Cummins. Shahbazyan made his professional debut about three years ago, winning his first fight in impressive fashion, where it took only 43 seconds to TKO his opponent via head kick followed by strikes. With this chart, you can compare historical fighter averages in these two key metrics as I rank all fighters participating Saturday. Dana White and Jon Anik announced 10 fights via the ESPN MMA YouTube channel. Mid-tier fighter considerations are Perez & Martinez. He has some experience in kickboxing and boxing and is great on the feet with the ability to switch stances while mixing things up, while constantly moving forward, pressing the pace. After a single event, it is clear that this change impacts the fights as a whole. Herman has been training for some time now and will be ready to go. “The Golden Boy” began training martial arts at the age of 9. The card is scheduled for 11 fights in total, all airing live on ESPN+, kicking off at 6 pm ET for the prelims, followed up at 9 pm ET for the main card. UFC 252 will take place at the state-of-the-art APEX, which has come to the promotion’s aid during the coronavirus crisis, prior to Fight Island. The Apex houses a smaller 25-foot cage compared to the regular 30-foot cage. Luque’s last five finishes have been by way of TKO/KO, and his SLpM at 5.66 in comparison to Brown’s 3.41 will be visible in there.
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